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naturally resolved themselves under two heads—What the Society 
collectively, and the Members individually, could do “towards the 
verification of the Fauna and Flora of the County of Sussex.” The 
expression verification was used advisedly, because since lists had 
been published in such works as “ Horsfield’s Sussex,” some species 
had become extinct, while others, not given in any lists, had, by the 
energy of some naturalists, been added from time to time to what was 
before known. Again, Mrs. Merrifield’s admirable “ Natural History 
of Brighton” was, as its title implied, limited in its extent, while the 
whole County, with its varying conditions of geological features, 
together with a more extended knowledge of the marine productions, 
required carefully working out in a somewhat similar but extended 
manner. 
First, as to the Society collectively, he would suggest that the 
Brighton Society became the conservator and depository of all lists 
which might be entrusted to it, from time to time, by its own members, 
by other kindred Societies, either in or out of the County, and by 
naturalists generally ; the question of publication of such lists, and in 
what form, to be determined at some future period, z.2., either by the 
Society alone, or by assistance from without. 
Secondly, that it appoint Sub-Committees, from time to time, to 
collate and compare the different lists sent in. 
Thirdly, that it invite the co-operation, in carrying out these objects, 
not only of naturalists within the County, but of all who had been 
known to work in any particular branch, and especially to request in- 
formation respecting new species. 
Next, as to the members individually, he would suggest that all who 
had worked or were working on any particular branch of Natural 
History should contribute lists, with the approximate localities of all 
species of plants or animals they had met or might meet with in the 
County of Sussex, noting in each case whether, in their opinion, the 
specimens were common, rare, or local, together with any facts 
respecting particular districts or localities in the County, in which each 
specimen was found, with time of appearance. ‘This would especially 
refer to land and fresh water plants and animals. In regard to the 
Marine Flora and Fauna, the times and seasons when found should 
in every case be given, because so little was absolutely known at 
present of the times, seasons, and changes of most marine plants and 
animals. 
To those members who had given but a general attention to Natural 
